AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered flags in Texas immediately lowered to half-staff in honor of Pope Francis, who ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church ...

Both Texas and United States flags are half-staff to honor the death of Pope Francis. The flags will remain lowered through his internment.

Gov. Greg Abbott is a step closer to signing into law a voucher-like program that would use taxpayer money to help families pay for private schools. The bill, a centerpiece of Abbott’s ...

Greg Abbott on Thursday when the Legislature’s lower chamber for the first time approved school vouchers, a controversial proposal that had driven a wedge in the state GOP and eluded the ...

Greg Abbott has been fighting recalcitrant lawmakers to create the state’s first private school choice program. On Thursday he won, as the House voted 86-61 to pass it. Texas hasn’t passed a ...

Greg Abbott, who has invested more time, money and political capital into coaxing reluctant lawmakers into adopting the legislation than any other in his decade in office. The governor personally ...